OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini, OpenAI — route, pricing & source
GPT-5 Mini is a compact version of GPT-5, designed to handle lighter-weight reasoning tasks. It provides the same instruction-following and safety-tuning benefits as GPT-5, but with reduced latency and cost....
OpenRoutermediumLast checked: May 14, 2026
Input
$0.2500 / 1M
/ 1M tokens
Output
$2.00 / 1M
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
Not available
Not available
Cache write
Not available
Not available
Context and limits
Context window
400K
Max output
128,000
Input modalities
text, image, file
Output modalities
text
Weight access
Closed
Availability
Unknown
Capability flags
VisionToolsJSONReasoningLong context
From source metadata + verification fields — confirm provider docs before production.
Access and license
Official API
No
Open weights
No
Self-hostable
No
License
Closed · API onlyNo public weights: use through a vendor’s cloud API or product. “Proprietary” means the creator does not distribute the trained model weights for self-hosting.
Example costs
Scenario: 1K input + 300 output tokens / request
10,000 requests
$8.50
100,000 requests
$85.00
1,000,000 requests
$850.00
Cheaper alternatives
Lower-cost models for the same scenario
Source
Source
OpenRouter Models API
Confidence
medium
Route
OpenRouter
Last checked
May 14, 2026
Source notes
- Includes Hugging Face benchmark data only when the dataset is public, ungated, allowlisted, and matched by reviewed aliases.
